[3][4] She won a gold medal in long jump at the 1999 FESPIC Games in Thailand.

[5] Eighteen months before the 2000 Sydney Games, visually impaired Paralympic tandem cyclist Kieran Modra convinced her to switch from athletics to cycling because of the limited opportunities in the former sport for Paralympians.

[12] In August 2002, the International Paralympic Committee World Cycling Championships were held in Altenstadt, southern Germany.

In the final of the 3 km pursuit race, they lost to the team from the United States (Karissa Whitsell and Katie Compton), winning a silver medal.

In 2000, shortly after the Olympics, Australia Post issued stamps featuring the gold medal-winning tandem team.